The Sun. — London, England, 1838-10-03 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR . WiiitiOß, TUESDAY. —Her Majesty returned from London to the Castle last night at about half-past six. Lady Portman and Lady Forbes left the Castle this morning, and are succeeded by Lady Lyttelton and Lady Charlotte Copley. Lord Uxbridge and Sir R. Otway succeed Lord Torr.r,gton and Colonel Armstrong. Her Majesty went to Bagshot to pay a visit to the Duchess of Gloucester this morning, accompanied by the Duchess c f Rent, Lady M. Stopford, and Colonel Cavendish. The Hon. W. Temple arrived last evening. The Duke .e of Cambridge left his residence at Kew on Mon day, on a visit to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Glou cester, at Bagshot Park. Despatches from the British Charge d'A f faires at Lisbon were received yesterday, at the Foreign-office. Mr. H. Fox Young had an interview with Lord Glenelg yesterday, at the Colonial-office. Several of the household of her Majesty the Queen Dowager left town yesterday, for Portsm ou th, t o em b ar k on b oar d t h e Bastin gs . Despatches from the Governors of the West India colonies were received yesterday, at the Colonial-office. The Marquis of Clanricarde transacted business yesterday at the Foreign Department. Lord Glenclg transacted business yesterday at the Chan cellor of the Exchequer's office in Downing-street. The Swedish, Prussian, and French Ambassadors tran sacted business yesterday at the Foreign Derartment. f or L Despatches were forwarded yesterday from Downing.strcet ord Melbourne at Windsor. Despatch es , d ate d t h e 2 1 st u l t. , were rece i ve d ye•terday at th e Colonial Department from Major-General Sir Alexander Woodford, K. C. 8., Governor of Gibraltar. Despatches, dated the 25th ult., ware received yesterday at the Foreign Department from the British Consul at Oporto. CORN•LAW FALLACIES, WITH THE THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1838. MR. VINCENT AND COLONEL NAPIER. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—In your Paper of Friday last, as has ju s t b een po i nted out to me, there appears a communication from some indis creet friend of the able, eloquent, and manly Colonel Napier, apparently quarrelling with the REPORT of the Combo Down, Bath, political demonstration meeting, but in reality displaying soreness at remarks founded on the skirmish between Colonel Napier and Mr. Vincent, on the latter designating the Duke of Wellington a "knave." With the observations on those remarks I should not have troubled myself, but for the impli cation—for it is not very explicitly asserted—that Colonel Napier was not included in Mr. Vincent's " category." I ts introduction is attributed, somewhat flippantly, to what is de• Glared to be well known, that Reporters sometimes have " peculiar ears;" in plain Irish, that in this case the Reporter had heard what was never uttered ; simple English, that he invented the introduction of Colonel Napier's name. Now, here is charged most flagitious conduct on the part of the Reporter ; but if the charge be unf oun d e d , what expressions ought to be affixed to the con d u C t of him ' who, some time after the report, could so deliberately prefer it? To have invented such part of the report would have been the merest gratuitous folly imaginable, for as it is indis putable that Mr. Vincent declared „ every" man to be a " knave" who denied to him the elective franchise, Colonel Napier was included if be denied such right ; but as he had before manfully and ably avowed his adherweniicle (t.xoptlhaeinp;rinarei.d. ples of Radical Reform, be was s a f e f rom t h e c h arge. When the declaration was made, c ou pl e d w i t h t h e D uke of Wel lington's name, Colonel Napie r e x c l a i me d t h at the Duke was no knave. Mr. Vincent th en sa id, I sa records the report ; and he did explain, by declaring that he applied the word politically, and that whether it wag a Wellington, a Russell, or a NAPIER who denied to him the right of voting, that man he should pronounce, politically speaking, " a knave." As the writer of the report, whi c h originally and exclusively appeared in the Morning Advertiser , and which was quoted by several Londo n p a p ers f or the per: pose of making comments thereon, I take the liberty to repeat that I adhere to the accuracy of the report regarding that declaration; and be it remembered, that the storm which raged, agitated not me. I had nothing to do with the meet ing but to listen to its proceedings and record them faithfully, and my character (I hope Colonel Napier's defender will not smile at the idea of a Reporter having character) and occupa tion, to boot, were guaranteed for as honest a performance of the duty as I was capable of. I never saw Mr. Vincent nor Colonel Napier before that meeting. I have neither prejudices nor partialities regarding either; but if Col. Napier's de fender will not Rich at the expression of any respect felt by arepor ter, especially one with peculiar ears ; I confess I ,was im pressed with the very highest opini o n o f C o l one l Napier's abilities, eloquence, and obvious honesty and manliness ; and certainly, without caring one farthing w hether :the Colonel's defender believe the assertion or not, I should be most heartily ashamed of myself if I could have deliberately invented any thing that could wound the Colonel's feelings for a moment. He is far too talented and too honest a man to be insulted in any way ; but I confess I am immeasurably astonished that such notice should have been taken of the hypothetical ap plication of the word, Mr. Vincent obviously using the Colonel's name to enforce and illustrate his meaning, that politically speaking, he should deem every man "a knave," whoever he might be, who denied to him the right of voting. Colonel Napier, at the end of Mr. Vincent's speech, re peated his defence of the Duke, and (curious illustration of his opinion of the gentleness of Mr. V. 'a terms, which your Correspondent would insinuate have been misunderstood !) expressed the hope that they should not " call names," and " scold like women ;" after which M r . Vi ncent re p ea t e d his definition of what he meant by the term " knave." He then called for " three cheers," and he had them, and " one cheer more." The defender declares that this was not from exulta tion, as if Mr. Vincent deemed himself the victor. The re pirt gave it no character, but merely mentioned the fact; the public could judge. But why this is referred to, also puzzles one ! As to the manner in which the Colonel was afterwards noticed, the Reporter said not a word ; but as it has been mentioned, allow the Reporter to record the fact, that seeing the Colonel about to descend the steps, though proceeding there himself, he made way for the Colonel—that the Colonel walked cff the ground without further notice, and that at this po , nt there was no cheering of him—nothing - beyond the most respectful notice of him. But why this matter should have been alluded to, also puzzles, seeing that the report is alto gether silent on anything that took place after the meeting. I trust my anxiety to 'show that, as a reporter I did not wantonly abuse confidence ; and to declare I have too much regard for character deliberately to insert that which was never tittered ; and that I feel myself as incapable of any such deli berate " invention," as, with all due deference he it written, could Colonel Napier himself, or his defonder.—Yours, Sze. Oct. 2. THE REPORTER. GREAT" RADICAL DEMONSTRA TION AT SHEFFIELD. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sta,—Knowing your unflinching advocacy of Reform, but feeling assured that will not lead you, for the sake of pro moting that cause, wilfully to mislead your read Yrs, I offer a few remarks on the account given in sour Paper of the " gi cat" Rodical Demonstration at Shelfleid—an account than which a more incorrect one never appeared in any Journal. I address these remarks to you on two accounts:--First, feeling convinced that false statements can never do good, but harm—as is now the case in Sheffield—and has served the purpose of the Tories in calumniating the whole body of Reformers for the faults of the publishers of the Sheffield Iris. And secondly—l write to assure you that the main Reformers here approve of the line of conduct you have recommended, viz., to confine present attention to the Corn-laws. Notwithstanding every endeavour for the last six weeks to obtain notoriety for the m ee ti ng , a more comp l ete failure, as is frankly admitted by th e wor ki ng men t h emse l ves, never took place in this town. Th e I r i s says twenty t h ousand persons were present; whereas th e t rut h i s, w hi c h cannot be denied with any regard to c o rrec t ness, t h ere W ere not five thousand men women and child ren at t h e most. I n this statement 1 am borne o u t by th e two R e f orm i ng Journals, viz,, the Independent and Chronicle. As to the flags, banners, music, &c , there were four flags, and two bands of music; and as to the applause on the route, if loud laughter is applause, there was sufficient of it. Mr. E4itor,—l am proud to see our artisans are not so easily to be gulled by a few political adventurers, who wou!d lead them into trouble and then leave them in the lurch ; but that when proper opportunities and objects of judicious Reform present themselves, I have no doubt the "men of Hallam shire" will be found at their posts. With wishes for the success of your excellent Journal, I am yours, A REFORMER. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET FIRST OCTOBER MEETING. YESTERDAY. Handicap Sweepstake;, of 10 soya, each, for three yrs old and up wards. T. Y. C. 9 Subs. Mr. Greville's Hilda, 3 yrs, 7st. 21b Cotton 1 Mr. Pettit's St. Francis, 3 yrs, Bst. 91b 2 The following also started ; —Lord Albemarle's Basil, 4 yrs, Bst. 91b; Captain Gardnor's c. Ochiltree, by Gaberlunzie, out of Cinderella, 3 yrs, Bst. 51b ; General Grosvenor's c. Merrythought, by The Colonel, nut of Pinions, 4 yrs, Bst. 31b ; Colonel Peel's Wave, 3 Yrs, 7st. 121 b ; Mr. Rogers's c. by Picton, out of Eel, 3 yrs, 7st. 91b; Duke of Richmond's Hoogley, 3 yrs, 7st. 51b; and Mr. T. A. Smith's Cracker, 3 yrs, 7st. Betting-3 to 1 agst. Cracker (taken), sto 1 agst Wave, sto 1 agst St. Francis, and 7to 1 agst Merrythought. Won by a head. The Grand Duke Michael Stakes of 50 sovs. each, for three years old ; colts, Bst. 71b; and fillies, Bst. 31b. A.F. 28 Subs. Lord G. Benti►ick's ir. c. Grey Momus J Day 1 Mr. Watts's b. c. Dash.. Lord Albemarle's b. f. Barcarolle Mr. Thornhill's eh. c. Saintfoin Lord Exeter's Mecca 7t02 on the Grey. Won by two lengths. The Hopeful Stakes, of 40 sove. each, h. ft., for two-years old colts, Bst. 71b ; and fillies, Bst. 51b. The last half of Ab. iV The winner of the July and Chesterfield Stakes, tilbs ; if botl: 91bs. extra; the winner of any other Sweepstakes or Plate, 31bs. extra; those got by Arabians, or out of Arabian mare:, allowed 51bs. The second to receive 50 sous. out of the Stakes. 23 Subs. Duke of Richmond's Ree 1........ Mr. Thornhill's b. f. by Merchant 2 Duke of Richmond's ch. f. Confusionee, by Emilius ...... The following also started:—Colonel Peel's bl. f. Whim ; Ge neral Yates's b. e. Canute ; Mr. Barnes's br. f. by Emilius, out of ()pileHa; Lord Exeter's c. by Reveller, out of Advance; Mr. G3rdnor's b. c. by Rowten, out of Bustle ; and the Duke of Rich mond's Estelle. Rogers Betting-2 to 1 agst Shoveller f., 3to 1 agst Mr. Gardnor's e. 5 to 1 agst Whim, 6to 1 agst Estelle, and 8 to 1 agst Lord Exc. ter's c. Won by a neck. Match, 200, h: ft. T .Y. C.—Lord Suffield's Arsenic, Bst. 71b. (Davis), beat Mr. Greville's Mango, Bst. 51b. Won by four lengths. The Buckenham Stakes of !00 sovs. each, h. ft., for the produce of mares covered in 1833 ; cobs, Bst. 71b ; and fillies, Bst. 41b. 1'.1. 7 .C. to bring one to the pest. 10 Subs. Lord Exeter's f. Maeremma, by Sultan Darling 1 Mr. Greville's Pergama, by Priam 2 Betting-5 to 2on Alaeremma. Won by four lengths. BELFORD AUTUMN RA CES.-711oNnAr. The Hunters' Stakes, with 25 sous. added, for horses, &e., which have been: regularly hunted with any established pack of fox-hounds during the season of 1837-8 ; four yrs, 10st. 41b ; five yrs, list. 41b ;:six yrs and aged, 12st. ; gentlemen riders ; heats, twice round and a distance ; were won in two heats by Mr. J. Laing's Birthday, by Percy, 5 yrs, beating Mr. Boag's be. g. Do nald Caird, 5 yrs. The Farmers' Stakes, with 15 soya, added, for horses, &c., bona fide the property of farmers; four yrs, 10st. 41b; five yrs, llst. 41b ; six yrs and aged, 12:st ; gentlemen riders ; heats, twice round and a distance ; were won in two heats by Mr. Clark's b. m. Norna, by Guerilla, (1 vrs, beating Mr. Tait's br. m. Tweedside, aged, and Mr. Binnie's eli. g. The Laird's Br.ither, aged. The Selling Stakes, with 10 sues. added, for horses, &c., of all ages,' not thorough-bred ; three yrs, 6st. 81b ; 4 yrs, 7st. 1011) ; fire yrs, hst. 41b ; six yrs and aged, Bst. 71b ; heats, twice round and a dHance ; the winner to be sold for 50/. ; were won in two heats by Mr. Johnson's ch. m. Nanny Banks, beating Mr. S co tt' s br. m. Highland Mary, by Telegraph, 6 yrs; Mr. Batter's ch. m. Fair Helm 5 yrs ; and Mr. Glaholm's b. g. St. Cuthbert, 4 yrs ; out was objected to as being thorough-bred. SOUTHAMPTON IMPROVEMENTS. (From the Hampshire Advertiser.) COMMERCIAL PROSPECTS OF SOUTHAMPTON.-The analysis of the causes which have led to the decline of Southampton as a station for commerce, and the investigation of the circum stances which appear to justify the strong expectation, now en tertained, of a returning tide in her favour, might lead us far and deep into historical details, and into the consideration of future probabilities, abounding in interest, but too extensive for cur columns. We cannot, however, resist the temptation to occupy the attention of our readers by some cursory re marks bearing on these points. Not the least curious fact pre senting itself to our attention, on the retrospect of times past, is the position of London, which, evidently, owes its early dis tinction, to the advantages of the Thames flowing at its feet, and the salubrity of its neighbourhood, but above all— and. that is the circumstance which fixes our immediate atten tlon—the difficulty of its approach from the sea. In the early days of the town of " Lud," England was the prey of the in- vader—the Saxon, the Dane; the Norman, by turns, swarmed npon her sh,res, and it appears were particularly attracted to the waters of Southamption, because they were at once easy of access front the ocean, and carried the marauder into a most delightful part of the island. Thus, such has been the course of human affairs, that that which stature had urovided in the largest measure, for the comfort, convenience, and accommo. d.:tion of man, acted as a reDellasit, driving him, for protec tion from the vioence of his fellowman, to the security afforded by the sands arid quicksands, gathered at the debouche and the sinuous doublings of the coure of the Thames. We have not been too long relieved from the prudential conside rations which the sh. - I..cr of London affords. In the days (,f the last Charles, the Dutch seamen, on their visit to Chatham, threatened our capital, and the ascendancy of hostile fleets, even during the reign of George the Third, threatened our ports in the English Channel. The subsequent triumphs of our naval flag have, for the present, at least, put these fears at rest; and new prospects, accompanied by a different descrip tion of danger, open upon us. London, after enjoying the ad vantages of so much of monopoly as enabled her to combine by far the largest portion of tie commerce of the kingdom, is now laid open, with trifling: exception, to the competition of all our principal ports; and transport, by steam power, is ra pidlytaking supply at the place of the methods of locomotion previously in use , the same time, a new and powe r f u l arm ing tvo F ii: r iel an'ne,t,rwe tehiotalbltlhtdieji t puts h ehs on conclusiont o tl e enemy),foil° of war. Some of the early effects of these great changes upon Southampton arc obvious. Freedom from commercial mono polynels which may be best calculated to promote the convenience will naturally and necessarily carry trade into those chez and increase the profit of the merchant and ship-owner, leaving little to individual option, silica ho who in the management of It's capital sill cot adopt those modes of business which re quirecessation of monopoly and the calculating and active habits of the least time and expense, must lose his money. The in these days is conclusive on this point, and when to ap plied for the distance of six miles only, renders the pass.ige up thlniissneleolideraion it be added. that the use of steam-tugs, Sout h ampton water certain at all times—that the steam-engine, so subser vient down the merchant in connec tion transport, by steam, is calculated to open Southampton as w s render tiia t th a e l l ti b a u e t o i f m n p r r i a t c i s t i i , c c a o li m l e . , the most central of our ports for all England —and that, on the will, in time of w , a a r n (should h t h o e ul i d ni t p hi v p e o m rti i o ts f pe e so v ro r tf [ t y he in t v i •e .a i v it , i l ain er of a ' t o l d te i pound ratio, to render for merchant ships, the passage by the narrow seas to and from i c o o country, n o t r , y n , nww-inlls'act in strong upon Southampton ; the recent charge our harbour the most conveeient and desirable in the kincado m for such a proportion of its maritime trade, as will be fully ' sufficient to raise it to the first class in the enumeration of the. various ports, harbours, and estuaries, which distinguish these in n r i i 'ee t t r h i cp e o e co usefulmm e a r 'i t , s a: code of i ii g the , islands, and have been the principal means of carrying up the nation to its present eminence. To this end, however, it is indispensable that we should be well provided with wet and dry docks, and all the means and numerous appliances re quired by the merchant, both for ships and thcia cargoes, and we rejoice in t h e p ros p ect of the early accomplishment of the first of these obj eata —a capacious wet dock. TIIE SOUTHAMPTON Dears,—lt has been observed by per sons of large expe rience and g ood habi ts of observation, that 1 this island wer e now to be settled anew, or for the fir s t t . Southampton wou ld become the -metr opolitan city. \yr d e ,„' not wholly accord wi t h this opinion, for we cannot imagineL a s i tua tion superior, if equal to London, for the Court,-lature, and the courts of law, as well as for the Le gislature, the centre of the banking system and a principal seat for our merchants ; but so far as relates to an entrep ot for goods and a passage port for travellers we cannot doubt that , without any systeniaticchange in our domestic economy, we shall, upon the completi on of the railway and a commercial dock, promptly attract to our harbour a large commercial marine. We must, however, remind our townsnien that Commercial docksalone• will riot afford all the ac commodation required by shipping, and more particul ar l y as to the outfit. Repairin g docks, s Fli la and nays, rope-walks, sail lofts, cooperages and ,large means of supply of fresh and salt provisions in every variety will be •d. require The abundance of timber in this and - neighbouring counties, and the great agricultural field li strete 1• ng forth north, cast, and west, and the least, port, at as cheap as any in England,' and, the measure of our prosperity • . will, in a material degree, turn upon this considera tion. It may appear early to l;* this ring subject under the at tention of our may . e readers, and it is undoubtedly for those who matcohpredisposed to embark their capitals in such objects, to i preparation whenever they may judge best ; but we are sure it too soon to think of these things, since the day is approachi o cEntmo nt: when they cannot fail to be wanted. OF LATINO TIIE FIRST STONE OP THE SOUTH AMPTON DOL.CY commenced, and great national undertaking has been of men and promises to go forward with rapid speed. A number _ are already busily engaged in digging . out the foundation of f the sea wall ; and it is finally settled that the ceremony laying the first stone will take place on Friday, the loth . Inst. It will be seen by advertisement that the Pro vincial Grand Lodge ' .lend its assistance o of Hampshire will officer, this interesting Admiral n occasion, and that its chief Sir Lucius Curtis, Bart will (assisted by Joseph Liggens, Esq., the CI • " tairman, the Board of Directors, and Sharehol ders of the Dock Company, and w I p r esume the Mayor and -e body corporate, the inhabitants, visitors, and others) have the honour of performing this ancient and customary act. COACH ACCIDENTS.—No less than three or four of these casualties, within as many days, and at various parts of the kingdom, having taken place from precisely the same cause (but, happily, exempt from any fatal consequences) viz., the breaking of the axletree of tha fore-wheels, we are induced to offer a few remarks, with a view to drawing the at tention of coach proprietors and builders to the subject, and thereby inducing the application of a remedy or safeguard against the effects often produced upon the lives and limbs of her Majesty's leige subjects, who may happen to be traversing the country either in the pursuit of pleasure or on a tour of business. The legislature has wisely enacted regulations with regard to the number of passengers, and the height from the ground of luggage placed on the roof, which a coach shall be allowed to carry ; but the aggregate weight which the axle trees shall have to sustain of both the vehicle and luggage to gether, is left to the discretion of the guard, or the indiscre tion of the passengers; the latter of whom act as if they were reckless of consequences either to themselves or others, particularly those who travel by night, if they can but be accom modated with places ; more especially the inside passengers, who frequently have luggage enough for a waggon to carry. In Birmingham they have a place called a proof house , " where every gun barrel must be put to th e t e st bef ore it i s al lowed to be used for the deadly purposes of extermination, partly because it shall not explode to the injury of the party using it, and partly that it may not fail in conveying destruction aga inst those at whom it may be aimed : but in public carriages and steam-boats, intended for the safe conveyance of those who in trust their lives and limbs by them, the security required is wholly left to those who engage for hire to ply or run from place to place. The only security the public at present seem to have with regard to post coaches is, that the proprietors pay a mileage ratio for the use of the carriages to the builders, whose interest it is to construct them of good materials, that they may not have them so frequently sent for repair ; but unless some immaterial spring or bolt gives way, the exami nation which ought to take place ..t the commencement or conclusion of every journey, particularly with coaches that do not run to and from the metropolis, will, we fear, continue to be neglected till inspectors are appointed by the Legisle- tore to endeavour to give security against the coach acci dents and steam explosions which are continually being re ported in our columns. Yesterday a lad about twelve years of age, named George Murr a y, wa s b roug ht b e f o re Messrs. Hippert and Woolridge, a t W a tf or d, c h arge d w ith s t a bbing a boy about his own age, named J am e s Ve na bl es , with intent to murder him, or t o d o hi m some gr i evous b o dily harm. It appear e d th a t th e occurrence i n quest i on too k place onSa turday afternoon. The prisoner and some other lads were throwing stones at some pigeons belonging to the master of Venables, when the lad interfered, and told them to desist, but they refused, and be ultimately struck the prisoner. The prisoner drew back from him, and took a knife out of his pocket, and told the prosecutor that if he struck him again he would stab hi m . U pon t hi s V ena bl es went towa rds him, and whil e h e was in the act of attempting to strike him, t he prison er ma d e a stab at his stomach, and Vepablcs put up his arm before hi m , an d fortunately succeeded in ward i ng o ff the blow, but he received a desperate wound on the hand, and the main artery of the thumb was completely severed. Mr. Rose, a professional man, was called in, and he dressed the wound, and it appeared that from the nature of the injury it was at first feared that locked jaw would ensue. Th e pr ironer imme diately after h e bad committed the act ran home to his father's ahnodusfeo,uannddhi‘mVescto, n tli ce e a c l o e n d dstuanbleer the VofN bed atfo, and tookrd,proce hire eded thither, custody, and he underwent a preliminary examination before Mr. Hippert, and was remanded until yesterday, when the witnesses were fully examined, and the above facts appeared in evidence. The prisoner, on being asked what lie had to e em n .m t g e hh b et was himself think going Magistrates s t a o vi de s r t iyt r e arst l u i a i n m ma tohesetitndi) se rioustai into say say he replied r e u g d l de thatstab au, : v h h h i he 4id not stand accused of the et line of murde - r. He was then fully committed to Hertford Gaol to take his trial. - _ Prince Christian of Denmark arrived at Munich on he 22L1 ult. CRUELT Y TO ANIMALS DEFENDED.—UIDDIMS, an °llicer of the " Animals' Friend Society" of Mark-lane, having seen three idle fellows amusing themselves last week by going about Smithfield with cudgels beating the asses in a very savage way on their heads and bodies; he, with the assis tance of the police, took them into custody, when they were obliged to be handcuffed and locked up all night ; and they were taken before Sir Juhn Key and Alderman Farebrother. Alderman Farebrother complained that " so many frivolous cases were brought up, and alluded to his having just received a long admonitory letter from Birmingham, relating to his de cisions," and putti ng hi m to an expense and lois of time ; after waially advising Sir John Key on the necessity of dismissing the cases, two of them were dismissed, and Gibbins declined to bring the other forward. What can be expected from the lower classes when Magistrates show such en example? 'A.SHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. The Countess of Beauchamp, in St. James's-square ; Cap tain and Mrs. Clifton, in South Audley-street, from Paris; Mr ' and Mrs. Nicholson, in Curzon-street, from Switzerland; Mr, Mortimer, Drummond, in Grosvenor-place, from Denham Buckinghamshire; Captain Duff, in Pall Mall, from Yorkshire; Lady Macdonald, in Piccadilly; the Reverend L. Alr. a n d M rs. Foster, and Miss Breelton, at Berner's Hotel, from Brussel s; Mi ss F ran k s an d M rs. Bellamy, at d i tto, from f ri ghtnn ; the Reverend Mr. and Mrs. Walkinson, at ditto, f Ji nni the I s l e o f Wi g h t; Si r G eorge A rm i tage, B art., at tto, fro m t h e C ont i nent ; J . M ar j or ib anks, E sq., at di tto, fr rn Essex ; Gavin, E'q., and Mrs. Gavin, at ditto, from Godstone; J. Hogge, E q., and Mrs. Rogge, at ditto, from 4'sotutenesrl ; J. Spoon er , E sq ., a nd Mrs. and Miss Spooner, at the 4-y Hotel, from Dover. _ _ DEPARTURES. Lord Decies for Beegebury Forest, the seat of Viscount and Viscountess Beresford ; Lord and Lady Nlaryborough, fro m Saville-rovv, en a visit to the Duke of Wellington, at `Ydlmer C ast l e ; the Earl of Cardigan, from Carlton-house Terrace, for Lis seat, Deane Park, \Vansford ; Lady Anne Beresford, from Charles -street, St. James's-square, for Tun- Dbridge Wells; Viscount Boyne, from Berkeley. .square, for o ver; the H on . C o l one l L e i cester S tan l io p c , f rom Hanover quare, for Bedfordshire ; Sir George Grey, Bart , M. P., a„,Grey,nd Lady from Eaton-place, for Leamington Spa ; alr- William and Lady Anne Tollemache, from Hyde Park- Place, on a Continental tour ; Mr. and Mrs. Prideaux B-urx, from their house in Bryanston-square, for Brighton; Mrs. and Miss Alexander, for Brighton ; Captain and Mrs. Mel- V ille, for Norfolk -crescent, Ramsgate ; Mr. Pettivvard, for Great Finborough Hall, in St.ffolk ; Colonel and Mrs. El. I _ lso n, on a tour ; Major Vaughan and Lady Harriet Smith, f2r Paris ; J. Porter, Esq., and the Misses Porter, from the Pulteney Hotel, for Rockbear House, Devons!iire ; T. Pier- P oi nt , , from ditto, for Exeter ; Mrs. Buck, from the Ber furs Hotel, for Bath ; W. C. Cole, Esq., Mrs. Cole, and fa- TilY, from ditto, for Exeter ; Rev. J. and M's. Clay, from tttos for Chelmsford ; Captain &nu!), from ditto, for Bath; NH's. and Miss Yates, from ditto, for Hampshire ; Mrs. and Miss Grange, from ditto ; J. Frost, Esq., from ditto, for Li verpool ; Robert Saver, Esq , from ditto, for Sibton Park, Yoxford ; Edward Rawden, Esq and Mrs. Rawden, from ditto, for Liverpool • William Shakespear, Esq., and fa m il y , fro m G reen ' s Hotel, Lincoln's Inn-fields, to his seat, Isle of Tbanet. CHANGES. The Duke and Duchess of Cleveland, at their seat, fishy Castle, Durham, from Newton House, Bedale, Yorkshire ; Sir Tremayne and Lady Rodd, at Brighton from Tunbridge Wells; the Earl and Countess of Verulam and Lady Mary Grimston, at Dover, from their seat, Gorhambury, Herts; the Bishop of London and Mrs. Blomfield, at Ravensworth Castle, on a visit to Lord and Lady Ravensworth, from Auckland Castle ; Ladies Charlotte and Jane St. Maur, at Cheltenham, from Tunbridge Wells; the Marquis of Tweedale, at his seat, Teste r House, Haddingtonshire, from his Shooting-box in A berdeenshire; Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, Bart., M. P., and Lady Acland, at their seat, Killerton, Devon, from Leaming ton Spa ; Sir Charles Knightley, Bart., at hisseat Fawslcy Park, Daventry, from a visit to Earl Spencer, at Wiseton, 'Yorkshire ; the Earl and Countess of Ri)sehery, at their seat, Dal raenY Park, Linlithgowshire, from a visit to Sir John and Lady Dunlop, at Dunlop, Ayrshire ; Sir C. and Lady Smith, rtheir. seat, in Devon, from Malvern Wells ; Lord Stanley, PtooleirsleY Park, the seat of the Earl of Derby, near Liver nrom a visit to the Earl and Countess of Wilton, at liel !th Park : Sir Francis Holyoake and Lady Goodriche, : t their seat, Studley Castle, from Yorkshire ; Lord and Lady t_ tl eY Clive, at Powis Castle, from a tour of visits ; Lord and dY Ashtown, at Cheltenham, from their seat, Chessell 'louse, near Southampton. Mr. William Wilberforce Bird has been appointed, provisionally, third Member of the Council of India, in the roo m o f Henry Shakapeare, who died at Calcutta on the 22d 0' March. W e learn that A. E. Menteith, Esq., has been appointed Sheriff Depute of Fife, in place of the late Mr. ClePhane. Sir Thomas and Lady Acland arrived at Killerton, from Leamington, on Monday last.— Western Luminary. The E ar l an d C ountess of Chesterfield left Heaton } lan on Frida I t and returned to Gedling Lodge. On °ad ay th e Noble Earl, Lord Jocelyn, and Colonel Anson Went to Newmarket. The Rev. John Gardiner, D.D., late of Bath, has s Y t his will, l eft 1001. to paint an altar-piece for the church of b e Mary Mary Ma g d a l en , at Taunton, on conditipn that the picture e Painted within two years. the subject to be taken from the Ist chapte r of St. John.—Beth Gazette. LEAMINGTON SPA. Amon g the recent arrivals at thi s f ashionable retreat are Prince Esterhazy and Prince i holas E sterhazy, and the E irl and Countess of Cork. The de a th o f the Countess de M ont b e l i s men- V 1 tied by the A ngs b urg h G azette of t h e 26t h u l t ., i n its :enna correspondence. The decease of this lady was the 01 e9tie nce of an accidental overturning of her carriage time ayo, while returning from Kirchberg. ca „, I °4l Rolle reviewed a troop of his yeoman 6 4 -4 , 4 1 Y at Woodbury Hill, on Wednesday. The Noble Lord_ health, n 8 arm in a sling, but his Loidship looked in very good Western Luminary . inari The Duke and Duchess y d'Angouleme, the Duke 40rEiordeaux, and Nllle. de Rosny have left Kirchberg fur n ii,tz , as we learn from the Gazette de France. on T h e Duke of Sutherland arrived at Stafford House nda., night from Scotland. Honda e Marqui s of Douro arrived at Apsley House on y last,Th F r i ll e Earl of Charleville arrived at Limerick on Sh er !' from T u ll amore, and left the following morning for e otta - "a Grove, on a visit to his Lordship's estate in this k r. & This lib era l an d patr i ot i c N o bl eman h as e n g a g ed RitilThic to construct an embankment by the river side from f v t i u gnlnYla n Quay which will serve to reclaim a g reat tract o 44, 1 4 er b i le k la c ed for . ;ears exposed to the incursion of the tide.— ron ele. took , st E r----On Monday evening a hostile _meeting olon O'Nrace Wirdsor Great Park, between Champion, att end attended by Major Jones, and Esq., C olon el e ,b : Y Captain Green. On the first fire the ball of ads - "'N.'s pistol passed through the right arm o s CeN, s arY, and the ball of Mr. C. grazed the collar of Colonel left t h, c ,r. The seconds then interfered, and the parties ship S Saint George Steam-packet Company's steam- W. Elhs, H. N. Commander, sailed from the b_ lase s,, t nght at 11 o'clock, for Copenhagen and St. etersbur h tl ts ,g i , • o ltntet ens - ;"T . OF THE NASSAU BALLOON.—This ,nreroo' „ ma chine, which ascended at eleven o'clock yesterday havt u TI f rom Vauxhall, ali g hted in safety near Portsmouth, 4,1!: accomplished the distance of 74 miles in three hours. t 0 . 1 ,0 NeW York paper mentions the death of AT. I. It ;a said th rit ,e d , an Italia n poet , for many years res i dent i n t h at city. Stith _at Mozar t di ed i n his arms , an d t h at h e was the d Figthe Lib rettos of " Don Giovanni, " " Le Nuzze and sever a l other operas. ar t . -- -The t wo a bl e an d b rave G enera l s o f the o n fi e the centr e , Aspiroz and Pardinas, have both re si g ned de. ca Zliag the appointmi nt of Van Halen, Espartero's Aide hav p, to command them ; and we much fear that we shall Queeto, record i nstances of mutiny as well as disaster in the s ar mT---Mornin g Chronicle. tear was reported in Paris that two hundred letters of amo ng would be distributed by the Mexican Government r i g" English and American adventurers. 1,55.7:eunt• Etna, according to a letter from Messina, u . in eruptio n durin g the whole of August. The vol t: tmtssions appeared on the eastern side of the cone at the to l a m rd t of the grand crater, and the lava ran in a direct line Wi t h in s Cap Inglese, as we have already stated, but, when to _ rse the distance of a gunshot from this place, changed hs .._u and fell into the Val del Bove, where, however, it did A 0 great damage, sticeSeistiFe ou r last we have had an almost co n ti nue d s'°u of seasonable harvest weather. Shearin g has gone Q A P ros perously Pin thi s ne i g hb our h oo d, espec i a ll y i n the corn eut, which is on a f a i r average i n goo d con di t i on , and mostly :tisl r e - ad s for housing, the accomplishment of which, if Peri od at her continue w h at we anticipate, will be at an earlier Th e might hav e b een ca l cu l ate d u po n a month ago . epiwheat crop is not what could helvished ; there is much atZtah it of th e injury done by mildew ; still there is shun. o cause for thankfulness to the Giver of everything in due b oth ' t . l, and a bountiful supt.iy - Is . , we hope, already secured, , n4ll awl beast —Westmoreland 04(0. ANSWERS. (Continued from The Sun of Monday.) 83. —Now, Sir, the deduction from your postulates is ne cessarily this—that the landed body has interests apart from, and prejudicial to, the rest:of the community ;—Letter of AN AGRICULTURIST, BUT NO ROBBER, in the Morning Chronicle of Oct. 1, 1838. ANSWER.-If it did not think it had, why did it enset that no man should sit in the House of Commons who could not prove he belonged to the class ? 84.—that it is a body so exclusively selfish in its purposes, that even the class which was formerly supposed to be most closely connected with it, namely, the farmers, can have no object in common ; —ld. A.—The farmers are coming to the knowledge that they have no substantial interest in the continuance of the Corn-laws, but only in their being removed by certain de grees. There have been reasons given to them by philo sophers scantily informed in their trade, which they were probably too wise to care for ; but here are the true ones for their meditation. When the Corn-laws were imposed, there is no doubt that it made a flush of employment for farmers, and there was room made, say for four farmers where there would only have been for three. It was a flush of the same kind as would have taken place in the employment for the printers' foremen in London, if the printers had got a law that all the printing for the country should be done in the metropolis. And as it would have been useless to go about to tell the printers' foremen that they would be brought to a stand-still by the increased price of printer's work when they wanted to have a little printing for themselves, so it would be useless to try to persuade the farmers that their gains would be brought to an end by the increased price of the food to be consumed by themselves or by their labourers. The farmers know well enough that on this point, though they may be losing by the shilling, they are gaining by the pound ; and therefore it is very unlikely they should heed such representations, any more than the printers' foremen in the circumstances supposed. But though this is not the reason why they are brought to loss, there may be another; and there is one, arising out of the fact that all men live by food and all men do not live by printing, which is quite competent to make the difference. A flush of employment was given to the farmers when the Corn-laws were imposed. But what is become of it now ? and is the final consequence to the farmers anything, but that they are four where they ought to have been three, and that the four are worse off than the three ? They are worse off, because farmers, like other men, will have children,—nay, they are rather more given than most other people to the practice. But the means of supporting children are cut off. Jack, and Tom, and Harry, naturally each want a farm a-piece, if they could get it. But are they likely, or is it possible that they should get it ? It is clear that nothing can be done for them, but wait for the old man's death, and then either two of the three must shift for themselves, or theymust subdivide the farm, which in no long time will bring them or their posterity to be day-labourers. Now, before the Corn-laws, the world (when fighters would let it) was open for mcn to advance their fortunes in. The myriads who raised themselves by manufactures and foreign com merce, though they did not go abroad themselves, were examples of this truth. The country was a growing country ; no man had said to it, " Hitherto shalt thou grow, and no farther." But all this is altered now ; and the farmers, like other people,. are sufferers in the end for the great injustice. But which way are they to get back again ? If the Corn-laws are removed, the demand for farmers must decrease ; and it does not appear how that can serve their purpose. Their condition, then, is this. They are driven into a corner between two e%ils ; and they must use their wits to see which is the greater and which the less ; which is the permanent and perpetual one if let alone, and which is the temporary evil,' ike a spendthrift's pinching himself to escape a gaol, but followed by the greater ultimate good of curing the other. They must aim at removing the impedim.nt to the country's ad vancement, by such steps as shall allow their interest in the increased openings for supporting children, to keep some pace with the diminution of demand for farmers which may arise from time to time out of the gradual removal of the monopoly. Nobody wants to hurt them, if they will only like sensible men set their shoulders to the wheel, before somebody else is obliged to do it for them. The farmers, too, have the best of means of knowing how much exaggeration there is in the representations made of the quantity of land that would be thrown out of cultivation, by ceasing to rob other people in the price of bread. Some lands would he changed from wheat to food for cattle ; because the man who gets plenty of bread, is exceedingly apt to want a beef-steak along with it. Some would be changed to gardens ; because when more can buy bread, more can buy asparagus. These changes might be vexatious to some, and good for others. But whether good for all or not, they do not amount to a reason why the farmers are to hold out for a wrong that harms themselves, ti l the rest of the community come down upon them and put a stop to it with the strong hand. What is true of the farmers is true also of their la bourers ; and true, with some variations, of the landlords too, when they shall have the grace to know it ;—with the exception always of that portion who can make an eldest son, and quarter the rest of their posterity, male and f ema le, on the public purse. It i s s m a ll com f or t to a sensible landlord that he has raised his rents from 8001. a-year to 1,000/., if six children are thrown on his hands for whom he has no means on earth to make provision except by subdividing his estate. 85. —and, in furtherance of the concluiion at which you arrive, proceed to &flounce the landed proprietors, in language more worthy of Danton than of a Liberal journalist, you as absolute, unqualified robbers. —ld. - A.---It does not signify whether it is worthy of Danton, but w hether it is true. The first act of the lauded pro prietors was to exclude all others from the Legislature ; and their last, to refuse to let foreign corn be ground in bond, because they said some of the bran might find its way into the stomachs of the people. Read all the epi thets applied to the landed proprietors ; and " one cheer n - mre" fir every one of them. 86.—From that unf, , rtut,ate but inevitable imperfection in human ssst.-ms, which renders it almost impossible to combine abstract right with artificial institutions, many principles of unexceptonsble tendency in themselves, must be administered with discretion, and applied with caution to the exigencies of peculiar communities.—ld. A.—We wait to get rid of the " artificial institutions." If you want to know what they are, ask at the Old Bai ley. The " peculiar communities" that sell pocket hand kerchiefs in Field-lane, will be among the first to cry out for "caution "in applying abstract right to their "exigencies." 87.—Your first assertion is " that the industrious classes are sacrificed to the landlords." This would lead a person, previously unacquainted with the subject, to suppose that the particular body so designated, had contrived to escape their share of the general bur dens, to the necessary inconvenience of their neighbours. Now, what say Messrs. &c. on this very point ? The former gentleman in his " Stati,tical Sur vey of the British Empire," Vol. 11. p. 154, says " it is im possible to defend the duties on the importation of corn, ex cept on the ground, that they are imposed to balance the excess of duties laid on the agricultural classes, over those laid on the other classes."—ld. ,A.—Could nobody hinder the agriculturists, when they had got the law-making into their own hands, from im posing this excess of duties upon themselves, and then im posing a loss to fifty times the amount on the rest of the community, by way of repaying themselves the difference ? It mud have happened by accident, and the political econo mists must in some way have missed getting possession of the facts afterwards ; for the political economist " must have a most uncommon skull," who with his eyes open, could attach his name to such a monstrosity as this. But such being the state of facts, if there is a govern ment in the country for any of the purposes of a govern ment, why does not it make a change ? Why does it not take away the fifty-fold mischief first, and leave the land owners to plead before the country for a remission of taxa tion? Simply because the landowners are stronger where they are. Because they know that they should have no chance of making out a case for the remission of taxes imposed for their own purposes ; and therefore they will bold fast the wrong, till the people break the teeth that hold it. 88.—Now let me ask what contribution to the public ne cessities the fundholder, the annuitant of various grades, slid a host of persons similarly situated, furnish is their respective qualities of fundholder, annuitant, &c. ?—ld. A.—Why did not the landlords continue the Property tax, which touched these classes ? They took it off be cause it touched the rich ; and threw the taxes, sometimes in a seven-told proportion, on the poor. 89.--And what class contributes beyond all due proportion, to the support of the Church ?—ld. A.—Some thousand years ago, the ancestors of tae pre sent landlords gave away their land to save their souls ; and theirsuccessorscharge us foritin the Ways and Means. Upon the same principle, every man of them might bring us in his bill, for all he could prove his ancestor to have ever paid for masses. 90.—A correspondent, who subscribes himself " An Agri culturist, but no Robber," must have read The Chronicle very irregularly to attribute to us a wish to allow a free trade in corn, without imposing such a protecting duty as might be an equivalent for the taxes exclusively borne by agriculture. Why, the very passage our correspondent has quoted from the " Statistical Survey," was quoted by ourselves in a leading article within the last month. —2lforniny Chronicle, Oct. 1, 1838. _ A.—lf the Chronicle said this in sober sadness, he has only one thing more to do ; which is, to begin making his own shoes, as the Tories would advise him, (TO isE CONTINUED.) MONEY AND CITY NEWS. (FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF ME DAY.) • TIM E S.---By the advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 436 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 1011 the ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13.10 f, and the'exchange at Hamburg on London at short being 13.81, it follows that gold is 0.81 per cent. dearer at Hamburg than in London. The premium on gold at Paris is 8k per milk, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 100. the ounce for stan dard gold, gives an exchange of 25.36 i, and the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25.45, it follows that gold is 0.34 per cent. lower at Paris than in London. The course of exchange at New York on London is 1094 per cent., and the par of exchange between England and America being 109 23-40ths per cent., it follows that the exchange is 0.32 p er cent . aga i nst E ng l an d. The Funds remain without alteration. Private letters by the Royal Tar steamer, from Lisbon, give but an unfavourable view of the financial affairs of the country. One of these emphatically remarks, that " things do not look well here, and Manoel Antonio de Carvalho is pressing hard to leave the Treasury. His continuing there it is that keeps the Government together. They have not funds for the twentieth part of their wants." CHRONICLE.—There is nothing particular to notice in reference to the English Stock Market, and the prices are nearly all the same as yesterday. In addition to the dis agreeable information from Dantzic, which appeared in the leading article on the Corn-laws in the Morning Chronicle of Tuesday, as to the state of the crops in the Polish provinces, it has been mentioned by parties at Mark-lane, that out of the very limited crop which there is in that country the land holders are indebted to the Government to the extent of 150,000 quarters, which were lent by the authorities in the course of last ;linter, for distribution amongst the peasantry, of whom great numbers would otherwise have perished at that time. Thus, if the" Government of Poland were not to resort to the prohibition of exportation, which has been proposed, for the purpose of keeping the groin in the country, still in having Possession of so large a quantity as 150,000 quarters of wheat, by way of repayment in kind, the authorities will in this manner have probably the whole surplus of the scanty crops of Polish corn. It is clear that in that event nothing so impolitic as to part with its corn could be expected from a Government which already has so discontented a population as the Poles; and, therefore, in estimating the probability of the future supplies for the English market, the prospect of any material importa tion from the formerly important port of Dantzic would ap pear to be considered at Mark-lane as entirely at an end. By the Tyrian packet, which has brought the Jamaica and Leeward hlands mails, we have received advices from St. Thomas's to the 3d ult., and from the other islands to corre sponding dates. They remained generally in much the same state as when we last heard—the greater portion of the negroes in the different places still refraining from work ; but this ap pears to arise principally from the difficulty of coming to terms as to the amount of wages and time of labour, and not from any other cause. This state of things, however, had inter fered rather prejudicially in getting in the crops, for a suffi cient number of hands could not consequently be procured. The islands were everywhere perfectly tranquil. POST.—The Money Market remains precisely in the same condition we reported yesterday. Consols closed at 94, the same for Money and Account ; the amount of business trans acted being quite unimportant. Exchequer Bills are 67 69, with a small increase of business, compared with t h e early part of last week. The rate of interest for loans for short periods on British Securities has advanced to three per cent. There was an increase in the transactions in some of the fe reiffn bonds ; but no alteration in prices worthy of notice. . , The arrival of another mail from the West Indies, bringing the accounts from Jamaica to the 26th of August, created a considerable sensation amongst parties immediately interested in these colonies. The private letters do not materially differ in the main features from the accounts given in the Colonial Papers ; and where they supply the fillings up of details, they certainly do not enliven the colouring of the picture. Every thing, indeed, tends more' and more clearly to prove the in considerate mann e r i n w hi c h t h e p rocess o f final emancipation has been forced on, without having treacle the necessary provi sion for results, which every person conversant with the actual state of the colonies had again and again urged upon the at tention of the pseudo-patriots. The letters from persons the least likely to be bound by personal interests, and capable of taking the most philosophical view of the whole question, are certainly the least sanguine persons in the Islands respecting the result being salutary or satisfactory for the comfort and happiness of the coloured population. The transactions iu foreign bills this after,eoon were very limited, and there was no alteration in the rates of exchange on any of the leading points of the Continent. HER A L D.—By her Majesty's packet Tyrian, we hive received papers and letters this day from our West Indian pos sessions. The respective dates are from Demerara to the 16th, and Barbadoes to the 23d of August, with comparative dat, s from the Leeward Islands; those frOm Jamaica reach down to the 26th Aug., and from St. Thomas's to the 3d Sept. All the j , urnals tean with accounts of the great indisposi tion on the part of the emancipated negroe3 to work, and in consequence many very important estates have been tem porarily thrown out of culture; -which, of course, is a very seri ous injury to the proprietors. The rates of remuneration of fered to the negroes varies from eight to ten dollars per month, with, in most instances, their cottage and garden ground ; but in the island of Jamaica we find that overtures had been made to give the negroes Is. Bd. per diem on sugar estates, which seems to be the governing rate of all the colonies, and VS hicil in the end will, doubtless, be accepted by them. This state of affairs has, of course, created much anxiety amongst our West Indian proprietors ; nevertheless all the letters from the dif ferent islands concur in stating that they consider that no ill feeling prevails upon the part of the freed ne,groes, but that it was a mere question of wages. This dispute upon the value of their daily labour was, however, expected to cause the intro duction of task-work, or rather work by measurement, to a much greater extent than has hitherto been carried on in those settlements. It is generally considered, by all well-informed parties, that the emancipated negroes are not fully aware of the nature of their altered position in the scale of society ; but that when the first ebullition of that feeling has passed away, which might have been anticipated as the consequence of their uncondi tional freedom, that they will settle down to work. In fact, throughout all the islands, it does not appear that there have been any disturbances, although some petty thefts have taken place in consequence of the absence of any preventive police regulations. The intelligence altogether has, however, had the effect of creating an advance in raw sugars today. Money for commercial purposes has rather advanced in value, and on the Stock Exchange it commands full three per cent. from day to day. STEAM-BOAT ACCIDENTS.--In a letter to the Aberdeen Herald, Mr. Wallace, the Member for Greenock, writes, " In 1836, 1 propose to obtain a select Committee of the House of Commons, to inquire into the causes of the fear ful accidents which had taken place and were becoming fre. quent. I got neither encouragement nor support, however; and, seeing the time had not arrived for light on the subject in that region, I desisted. Had I succeeded, and bad a Bill followed to guard against the evils, I would then have proposed that which I consider absolutely requisite for the safety of the people—namely, a simple, cheap mode of suing for damages, in the case of loss of life or limb, or other personal injury. The present state of the law 'in this country, or rather its mode of working, when damages are sought for injuries done to the person, is so extremely expensive, and so monstrous in its delays, as to screen parties in fault from any great risk of being called on to compensate for injuries done through tbeir carelessness or cupidity, or both. Never was there a better or more complete example of the evil's we sustain in Scotland, by the Court of Session having contrived to prevent our She riffs from trying civil causes with a jury, than the trials arising out of steam-packet accidents. We have no coroners and no juries, except at a waste of money and time which lays men of moderate means at the feet of opulent companies and indivi duals. Why is it so ? Just because that remnant of the Scot tish Parliament, the Court of Session, is Parliament enough yet to make laws for the people ; and to Wind whom from seeing they really make laws, they call those laws they make Acts of • Sederunt. Unless a cheap and simple mode of hav ing a jury to assess damages in case ,of personal injury and loss be provided, no - system of , steam-packet s urve ill ance can be either just or'cOmplete ; and the people of Scotland may rest assured that the Bench and the Bar of Edinburgh ail], in the present mood of the House of Lords, st an d e ff ectually between them and cheap, ready j ustice. Let this he borne in mind when any measure is in progress. THE HEIIIQF SELWOOD ; OR, THREE EPOCHS OF A LlFE.—There needed something to diversify the fictions of the present season, and here it is, in.the announcement of a new novel from the brilliant and (in its way) unequalled pen of Mrs. Charles Gore. If report speaks true, we shall, in addition to the usual attractive qualities of this writer's style, meet in " The Heir* of Selwood" with an entirely new at tempt, as regards that important element of amusement, the plat, which, we understand, combines an extraordinary de gree of originality with all the usual features of Mrs. Gore's works. LONDON AND BRIGHTON RAILWAY.--The Brighton Railway interferes with the Merstham Tramway ; and the R a il way Company are bound, under their Act, to purchase the whole tramway, from Croydon to Merstham, at a price to be fixed by arbitrators mutually chosen. The ar bitrators ha ve r h a d e their award, and the Railway Comp an y are now i n p ossess i on of the tramway. We understand that the claim made by the Tramway Company was no less than 42,000/. 1 and that they employed Counsel to substantiate their claim, but the arbitrators awarded only 9,614/. So much for exorbitant demands.—Railway Times. A woman, named Fitzgerald, was yesterday, fully committed for trial by the Magistrates of Union-hall, on two separate charges of stealing a quantity of linen and other articles during the confusion occasioned by the late fire in Bennett -street, Blackfriars. The accused had been noticed as being apparently extremely busy in assisting to remove the goods from houses in the 'vicinity of the conflagration to a place of safety. Au inquest was held yesterday, in Bartholomew close, on th e b o d y of Joseph Hanson, who committed suicide by hanging himself, having previously cut his own throat. Deceased h a d been a publican in Fetter-lane, but had fa iled in busi ness , and latterly had obtained a p r ecarious Lying by selling sh e llfi s h i n the streets. For some days he had been confined t o b e d at a low lodging-house i n W es t- s treet, Smith field, and bad been light-headed. Verdict—" Temporary insanity." RADICAL DEVONPORT. (FROM OUR OWN REPORTER.) On Monday evening a meeting was (for the first time in this town) summoned by the Working Men's Associa tion, at Devonport. The place selected for the purpose of holding the meeting was the Long Room, Stonehouse, a large room calculated to contain, when crowded, near 2,000 persons. This room was fully occupied sometime before the business commenced. The assemblage was composed principally of working men, whose deportment throughout was perfectly orderly, and appearance gene rally respectable. Shortly after seven o'clock, the Chair was taken by Mr. F. Browning (a highly respectable tradesman of the town), who briefly stated the object of the meeting —to consider the principle s of the Working Men's Association. Tile SECRETARY, RI working man named Sutton, pro ceeded to read the Address and the Rules of the Associa tion. He then made some observations, the purport of which was as f o ll ows : —T he machinery of ' Government, be said, was proved to be bad by its bad working, and it be came the duty of Englishmen to inquire how it could be improved. At present it was notorious that industry did not meet its just reward.—(Hear, hear.) Was not that in it self the evidence of a bad state of things ?—(Hear.) The working men courted discussion ; they were open to con viction ; " Reason their standard—truth their only creed." —(Hear.) But, until they were satisfied to the contrary by superior reasoning,they would unceasinglylabourfor thatfull political representation which they believed could alone do away with the evils of their present condition. The political suffrage was every man's natural right; and every man who contributed by taxation to the exigencies of the State, had a right to a voice in the election of those who were to control their taxation.—(Hear.) He moved that " this meeting do approve of the rules and objects of the Working Mons' Association."—(Loud cheers.) Mr. R. JOHNS (a tradesman of Devonport), seconded the resolution. He had not proceeded far, however, in his address, when the vast multitude who bad accumulated outside since the meeting began, and were unable to get admission from the densely crowded state of the room, be came so clamorous for an adjournment into the open air, that it was at length agreed to, and Mr. Johns then conti nued. He said it must be admitted the working classes were to a great extent as ignorant as they were poor ; but neither ignorance nor poverty were in themselves crimes,and if the higher orders were richer and more talented, bow came they so ? As to 'their riches, inquiry might provoke some serious questions into which he would not enter. With respect to education, why the very charities origi nally established for the benefit of the poor, had been appropriated to the wealthier classes, who, to obtain the advantages of these institutions, did not scruple to assume the garb of poverty.—(Hear.) Christchurch, for instance, was no longer what it once was, and ought ever to have been—a school for the children of the p00r.,---(Hear.) The best way, however, for the working men would be to educate their children themselves to the best of their abilities, for every charity school child was half a pauper. The ignorance and poverty to be found among the working classes might mainly be attributed to the baneful effects of taxation without representation.—(Hear.) To that cause was to be traced the national debt of a thousand millions ti~ith which this country was loaded. To that cause was to be traced the enormous amount of 50,000,000/. of an nual taxation. To that cause was to be traced the infa mous Corn-laws by which bread, the staff of life, was rendered 100 per cent. dearer than in foreign countries, whose manufacturers were by this means enabled to com pete with and overcome ours. To remedy these great evils, the working classes must unite an d ra ll y round the standard o f f u ll an d fair political representation.—(Cheers.) The resolution was put and carried by acclamation ; and after short addresses from one or two other speakers, the vast assemblage quietly dispersed. Towards the close of the rneefng there could not have been less than from 3,000 to 4,000 present ; and it excited universal surprise that the first demonstration of the Work ing Men's Ultra-Radical Association in this town should have been so numerously attended. REAT MEETING OF THE LADIES OF BATH. On Monday afternoon a very numerous and respectable m - cting of the Ladies of Bath, took place in the Harts hall Ga:rdeni, situate about a mile from the city. The meeting was contened by an address from Mr. Henry Vincent, inviting the Ladies to attend at three o'clock. Long before the appointed hour the road leading to the place of meeting was crowded by groups of highly respec table females all eagerly wending their way to the place of meetin g . A little bef ore th ree, t h e spacious gardens were crowded to suffocation. Excellent arrangements had been made by a Committee of Ladies to admit no men within the grounds. Seats were reserved for the male sex in the surrounding windows. The numbers in the gardens .ex ceeded 4,000, whilst hundreds were unable to obtain ad mission. At three o'clock Mr. Vincent, accompanied by Mr. Kissock and several Ladies entered the grounds, and was greeted with l ou d: c h eer i ng, c l app i ng of hands, and wa ing of handkerchiefs. It was moved by Mrs. EVANS, and seconded by Mrs. ENGLAND, that Mrs. BALWELL do take the Chair. The resolution was carried by acclammation. Mrs. BALWELL, on taking the chair, was loudly cheered. She said—Women of Bath, it gives me much pleasure to preside over this meeting, because I feel the object that has brought us together is one of immense importance to every man, woman, and child — (Cheers)—th a t of endea vouring to promote the moral, intellectual, and political ad vancement of the people.—(Loud cheering.) I wish to see the female part of the population contributing their sym pathy in aid of the present struggle to emancipat e the male sex front their present political thraldom, being convinced that the happiness of woman depends on the freedom and knowledge of man.—(Loud cheering.) I trust you will pay the strictest attention to our respected friend, Mr. Henry Vincent, whom I now have the pleasure to intro duce to your notice.—(Loud cheering.) Mr. VINCENT then rose and was hailed with prolonged cheering and waving of handkerchiefs. He commenced his observations by assuring the meeting that he felt indes cribable pleasure in appearing before them on that occa sion. —(Cheers.) They had proved by their presence their attachment to the cause of universal freedom and happiness. He in a very eloquent strain pointed out the condition' of the great mass of the population, and drew a vi vid picture of the social wrongs endured by woman. He then explained the principles , now contending for by the Radical Reformers. He then adverted to the House of Commons, and proved, by a re f erence to i ts ac tions, that it utt er ly disregarded the interests and wants of the great bulk of the people. He animadverted in strong terms upon the conduct of the Reformed House of Com mons. He showed that when any reduction of the expenses of the Crown was spoken of —any alteration in the law of Primogeniture —any such thing as throwing the Crown pen sioners of the people on to their own resources—abolishing the Corn-laws, or protecting the poor little factory child from the remorseless grip of an hard-hearted Cotton Lord, one universal bellow of " Vested rights" was raised, and all hopes of justice scouted by that reforming body. But when the equally vested . rt:ghts of the poor—the 43d of Elizabeth—was to he repealed, the whole of the vested right bellowers changed their tone, and swept away the poor man's right, without even mentioning the word core pensation.—(lmmense cheers.) He then pictured the im mense suns paid directly, and indirectly, by the people to the Government, and showed that the governing bodies first deprived the people of their own resources, in the shape of excessive taxation, Corn-lawS, &c., and then punished them, and derided them for their poverty. Mr. Vincent - further animadverted on the Poor-law, and the factory children, and drew tears from the whole audience. He then touched on the subject of education, and - made a most powerful and eloquent appeal to the single and married women to lend their aid in the spread of sound moral and political knowledge amongst all classes of the people. It it impossible in a brief notice to do justice to Mr. Vincent's speech. A high moral tone pervaded it throughout, and the sensation it produced can only be described by those who heard it. •He was listened to, throughout an address of near two hours' length, with the patient attention, and was loudly and repeatedly cheered. The thanks of the Ladies were moved to Mr. Vincent for his kind attention and address, to which he briefly:re: plied ; and in return moved a vo t e o f t h an k s to Mrs iiig ßo hl l y well for her excellent cond uc t i n th e Chai r . 10 eulogized her for her social an d mora l v i r t u es, an d f sacrifices she had made to ad vance the cause. T acclamation.e was carried by acclaation, and declared the or. e vot the Mrs. BALWELL- briefly returned thanks, business of the day ended. It was then announced to Ai r . Vincent that a great concourse of persons hadas a s d m dress them for a sh or t t i me, outside the G ar d ens, and requested that he would to which he immediately assented. On appearin g outs id e, he was cheered for several minutes. He spoke for about half an hour. Mr. Vincent, in the company of Mr. Kissock and M r . Young, then left the Gardens. On his return to B at h, along the road, be was loudly cheered, both from the people in the windows and in the streets. Mr. Vincent addressed the Working Men at night. EFFECT OF RAILRO ADS. —Yesterday nearly one hundred horses (part the property of Mr. Chaplin, the exten sive coach-proprietor) were sold by Mr. Dixon, at his reposi tory in Barbican. They had previously been employed to convey the Portsmouth, Southampton, and Exeter coaches. During the last six months, from the same cause, at least one thousand hoCses have been sold, the greater part from the great Northern road to Birmingham, Manchester, and Liverpool. a